Marelux SOFT Snoot Focusing Light

Phil Rudin · Issue 128, Sep/Oct 2022 · pp. 33–37

Products mentioned: Marelux SOFT Snoot, Marelux MX-A1 housing, Marelux three ball cross bar, Inon Z-330 flash, Ikelite DS161, Inon D200, Inon Z-240, Retra Flash Pro X, Sea & Sea YS D2, Sea & Sea YS D3, Seacam 150, Seacam 160, AOI Q1, Inon S2000, Sea & Sea YS D1, 18650 Lithium battery

Light shaping devices have been around about as long as land photographers have been exposing images. Underwater photographers have adopted these same techniques by using the position of the sun to create interesting lighting effects, a verity of diffusers to widen and soften flash lighting and more. Multiple flashes can control shadows, highlights, contrast, color and depth. Another technique underwater photographers have taken right from the studio photographers toolbox is the use of snoots for shaping and directing light onto the subject. A snoot is a cylindrical or conically (cone) shaped lighting device which is fitted over the flash to produce a focused light beam directed onto the subject. The snoot creates a column of light which will allow you to separate a subject from its background or place a very narrow sliver of light on an element of your subject like its eye or mouth. We …